Patents by Inventor Akira Takamune

Akira Takamune has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160344790
    Abstract: A device includes a processor configured to acquire moving image data, monitor communication quality of wireless communication between an output device and, the wireless communication device, generate, according to first coding processing of the moving image data, first coded data including a reference frame and a first difference frame when the communication quality is greater than a threshold value, the reference frame being coded from intra-frame information, and the first difference frame being coded by referencing the reference frame, generate, according to second coding processing, second coded data including a second difference frame when the communication quality is less than or equal to the threshold value, the second difference frame being coded by referencing an already-transmitted reference frame already transmitted to the output device and containing data of a block within the already-transmitted reference frame, and transmit the first coded data or the second coded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Akira Takamune
  • Publication number: 20160014181
    Abstract: A content transfer method of transferring content from a server to a client, the content transfer method comprising transmitting, by the server, to the client a list indicating a type of content which can be transferred to the client, the list including a type of content in which a bit rate used for encoding the content can be changed within a predetermined range, encoding, by the server, the content using a bit rate within the predetermined range indicated in the list specified by the client during the transferring of the content to the client, the specified bit rate being used as an upper limit of the bit rate used for encoding the content, and transferring, by the server, the encoded content to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: AKIRA TAKAMUNE
  • Publication number: 20150086184
    Abstract: A reception apparatus includes a wireless communication circuit configured to receive video content through wireless communication, a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, configured to play back the video content, make a first determination as to whether or not sequential playback of first video content having a first image quality, the sequential playback being performed in parallel with reception of the first video content, is continuable, and control, when the processor determines in the first determination that the sequential playback of the first video content is not continuable during sequentially playing back the first video content, switching processing for switching the video content to be played back from the received first video content to second video content stored in the memory, the second video content having a second image quality lower than the first image quality and having the same contents as contents of the first video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Akira TAKAMUNE
  • Patent number: 8099675
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a transmission unit configured to transmit an information acquiring request which acquires first information indicating whether or not a predetermined standard for limiting copy of audio data is supported by a terminal device to which the audio data is transferred; a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the terminal device supports the predetermined standard, based on the first information included in information acquiring response to the information acquiring request from the terminal device; a display unit configured to display an icon indicating that the information processing apparatus is connected to the terminal device via the wireless communication; and a control unit to control, based on a judgment result by the judgment unit, a change of display of the icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Akira Takamune
  • Patent number: 8068811
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a mobile communication terminal device comprises: an information memory unit configured to store a first information and a security information indicating whether the first information is secret; a backup request memory unit configured to store a first request for backing up identification information of the first information and the first information, or a second request for deleting a second information identified by the identification information with which the first information is stored in the backup device; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first request or the second request based on the information stored in the backup request memory unit; and a management unit configured to store the identification information of the first information and the first request, if the first information of which the security information indicates that the first information is not secret is stored in the information memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventor: Akira Takamune
  • Publication number: 20100303040
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a mobile communication terminal comprises a first section which scans the access points to search for a targeted access point when activated and senses strength of signals received from the access points while scanning, wherein the first section is activated periodically, a second section which performs radio communication after the targeted access point is detected by means of the scanning by the first section, and a controller which specifies the home access point as the targeted access point upon identifying that the mobile communication terminal is out of a service area of the targeted access point from the signal strength sensed by the first section, and supplies the second section with power after the home access point is detected by means of the scanning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Akira TAKAMUNE
  • Publication number: 20090124281
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, a Bluetooth module establishes a communication with an external device via the short distance communication. In a case where an incoming call signal is received from another information processing apparatus connected via a network, a control unit determines whether a connection is established with an external device based on the predetermined profile used at the time of the wireless communication. When determined that the connection is not established with the external device based on the predetermined profile used for a wireless communication performed by a communication unit, a connection request based on a predetermined profile is generated. While following a response from the external device to the connection request, via the communication unit, a communication is established with the external device based on the predetermined profile used at the time of the wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira TAKAMUNE, Youichi Hasebe, Tomohiro Yoshida, Yuri Saitou
  • Publication number: 20080222551
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a transmission unit configured to transmit an information acquiring request which acquires first information indicating whether or not a predetermined standard for limiting copy of audio data is supported by a terminal device to which the audio data is transferred; a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the terminal device supports the predetermined standard, based on the first information included in information acquiring response to the information acquiring request from the terminal device; a display unit configured to display an icon indicating that the information processing apparatus is connected to the terminal device via the wireless communication; and a control unit to control, based on a judgment result by the judgment unit, a change of display of the icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Akira Takamune
  • Publication number: 20080167021
    Abstract: When a remote device returns an address in response to a search signal, a control unit searches a phone book memory based on this address, reads the user name of the corresponding remote device, and displays it on a display unit. On the other hand, when the phone book memory does not store the user name of the corresponding remote device, the control unit receives the device name from the remote device, and displays it on the display unit. When the control unit cannot receive this device name, the control unit displays the address on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenichi Koga, Tomohiro Yoshida, Akira Takamune
  • Publication number: 20070268789
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a mobile communication terminal device comprises: an information memory unit configured to store a first information and a security information indicating whether the first information is secret; a backup request memory unit configured to store a first request for backing up identification information of the first information and the first information, or a second request for deleting a second information identified by the identification information with which the first information is stored in the backup device; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first request or the second request based on the information stored in the backup request memory unit; and a management unit configured to store the identification information of the first information and the first request, if the first information of which the security information indicates that the first information is not secret is stored in the information memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Akira Takamune